General Paper Outline
1. Title Page
a. Paper title (i.e. Statistical Methods Review)
b. Student Name
c. Boise State University
2. Introduction to student paper
a. Introduce your paper
b. Identify the research article and authors you selected
c. Explain what your paper will be about
3. Research Synopsis
a. Write a few paragraph synopsis of the study conducted by the researchers.
b. Only include high level information and avoid replicating the original work (i.e. do not give a blow-by-
blow recreation of the study).
c. Write the synopsis as if you were giving a quick overview to a friend who did not have a background in
the research.
4. Data and Data Collection Methods address the following in any meaningful order:
a. What type of study was conducted (i.e. experimental or observational)?
b. What was the size of the sample?
c. How did the researchers obtain their sample?
d. How did the researchers obtain their data?
e. Were there any issues with the data or data collection?
f. What is the population for the study?
g. What type of data were collected (i.e. nominal level, etc)?
h. If the study was an experiment, identify the control and treatment variable.
5. Statistical Methods and Research Results
a. What statistical methods were used by the researchers to analyze the data?
b. Provide a description/outline of the statistical methods utilized. I
i. Include the assumptions or requirements needed for using the methods
ii. Probably use the textbook as a source to provide this detail.
c. Why did the researchers utilize the particular methods that they did?
d. How did the researchers utilize the particular method?
e. What results were established/supported by the statistical methods?
i. Specifically identify the results.
ii. Identify which method was utilized to establish the result.
f. How and why did the researchers use the particular method(s) that they did?
i. Could a different method be utilized for the analysis?
ii. Identify where the researchers validated the requirements/assumptions to utilize the methods
that they did.
6. Conclusion to student paper
a. Conclude your paper
b. Summarize what you wrote about
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